LANDSCAPE REPORT - WHERE TO FROM HERE? - UNDERSTANDING THE EXPANDING LANDSCAPE OF CASH

THE CASH TRANSFER LANDSCAPE IN THE UNITED STATES The mapping of the cash transfer program landscape in the US and analysis of trends in program type and design reflects the growing support for unconditional and unrestricted cash transfers. [...] The program aimed to respond to the vulnerability of the inadequately housed student population in the aftermath of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. [...] The study highlighted that the benefits of participation were limited by the “gendered expectations of care work,” particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic when school and child care closures and the increase of ill relatives and friends exacerbated the care burdens of many women. [...] The available evidence on the impact of guaranteed income programs suggests that the positive impacts of providing monetary assistance to women are frequently limited by the manifestations of gender inequality experienced within and outside of the home. [...] The body of evidence on the impacts of CT programs from around the globe demonstrates the need to carefully consider and study the impacts of cash transfer programs on women’s empowerment and gender equity in the US.